Ouch . . . Here's a lawsuit by a Met's fan who says she was squished by a 300 lb., intoxicated fan (oh yes, the plaintiff just happens to be a lawyer)
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York Mets fan has filed suit, contending a drunken, 300-pound man fell on her during the home opener at Shea Stadium and broke her back.
Ellen Massey, a 58-year-old Manhattan lawyer, sued the team, the beer concession, the union that represents the security guards at the ballpark and "John Doe," the unidentified man who toppled on her.
Massey had surgery for spinal injuries and was hospitalized for about two weeks, said her lawyer, Stephen Kaufman. Doctors put rods and screws in her back and will have to operate on her again, he said.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, seeks unspecified money damages.
"We believe the claim has no merit," the Mets said in a statement.
Massey said that on April 9 she was in the second row of the right field upper deck near a "visibly intoxicated" man who was "acting in a rowdy, boisterous and dangerous manner for a long period of time."
The man, who has not been found or identified, later "fell upon plaintiff causing her to sustain severe personal injuries," court papers said.
"He got up and left," apparently uninjured, Kaufman said. "We have information that one of the security people might have spoken to him and let him leave."
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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